Blog: 31 December 2010

For those of you shivering in the cold or shoveling snow away from the front door, we bring you a short respite from your woes: a series of photos of two beauties lounging in the warm sun outside this cozy chateau in the French countryside.
If you look hard enough, perhaps they will be embedded in your brain and appear in your dreams tonight.
Also note: New Year's weekend print sale begins now, ends Monday - site members get an extra 10% off any print (email me for details) : http://bit.ly/g8BX90

On my first shoot in Prague, one of the primary models failed to show up, and we were facing several hours of wasted studio time, when the make-up girl, Gisele, walked over and said "Well, you can shoot me if you want to - I can also model"
Up to that point, I hadn't paid much attention to her, but she quickly proved that she could make an excellent fill-in, and I think you'll see she was as good as most of the other girls I'd been shooting.
Later I learned she was already a well-known model, just picking up some extra work doing make-up. She stayed for several sessions (and you'll be seeing them in the near future) then she put on her clothes again and went back to being a make-up artist.

This series was shot on a stifling hot afternoon in Prague. I had several other earlier sessions with Nikita, but this is my favorite.
We were both exhausted, at the end of a long day, but I think the resulting languid poses mixed with the fading natural light make for a very erotic set of photos. (More of Nikita coming up soon)

Another entry in my series of American Apparel ads (we'd like to see).
If you're into strong women with ginger hair, you'll enjoy this set of Met-art model Elena struggling to get out of her polka-dot body suit.

Here's the promised follow-up to yesterday's Liz Ashley gallery.
It was difficult to edit this series into multiple galleries, yet it didn't seem right to display them all together. I think you'll understand what I mean after you see the extremely sexy explicit shots at the end. We certainly wouldn't want to miss out on those, but we also don't want to diminish the impact of the glamorous, but less sexual portraits and fashion shots at the start.
It seems to me that if you know about the delicious visions waiting for you at the end of this series, you'll pay less attention to the subtle grace and beauty you might otherwise appreciate up in front of the set. So I gave you some of that yesterday, and now today we can complete the story with a number of fully uninhibited poses I know you'll be thinking about long after the computer is shut down.
Anyway, my work here is done. It's in your hands now... so to speak.

Here's the opening set of photos from my second shoot with Liz Ashley.
This series is really sort of a tease - I have some very hot shots of Liz coming up next, but I wanted you to be able to concentrate for a while just on her face and some lovely artsy poses.

Here's a simple story starring everyone's favorite redhead, Amber, and some slippery lotion.
It has some drama, a bit of laughter, some tension, some squirting, and a very happy ending. We love happy endings around here.

Another new face on MoreyStudio.com - this is Carol's introductory gallery.
As you can see she has a unique and impressive shape. We can debate whether it's, shall we say "man-made" or OEM, but in either case I'm sure we can agree she makes for some nice visuals.

This is a very recent session with Natali. You may notice some slight changes in her body as compared to her earlier sets - hair a bit different and she's perhaps a couple pounds thinner.
This was actually just a lighting test to see if there was enough window light to shoot - when she began taking off her clothes, I just kept going and got off a couple hundred shots in only about 10 minutes.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We're about to do a major redesign of the member area - new layout, new search and navigation features, etc - and as the first step in this process, we have added covers for about 150 of my early galleries. Those gallery covers are now visible if you scroll down to the bottom of this page.
For those of you new to the site, this may be the first time you were aware that these photo sets were even available, so I hope you'll enjoy seeing some of the work that got me started.
You'll notice that the early galleries are presented in a different format, with various image sizes. And there are currently no zip files available for those sets (coming soon).
Also, if you poke around in the early galleries you'll find some little "Easter Eggs", surprise photo sets and commentaries and links that are not available on the main page.
Please feel free to let me know if you have questions or comments.

Sylvia returns for what is actually the first session I did with her (even though I posted Set 3 previously) She's got strong Mediterranean features, a real woman's curves, and a knockout smile. More of Sylvia coming up shortly.

Let's visit Monica again, shall we? There's something about her - for me, she's got the perfect face and body; just the right mix of girl-next-door, sophisticated yet approachable, smart and goofy and bratty all at the same time, etc.
I've even included a few of my test shots, and then some snaps when the makeup artist was tending to Monica's hair - just to give a bit of the behind-the-scenes feel.
I have a few more explicit shots of Monica coming up, for those who are as smitten with her as I am.

You'll have to indulge me on this one - I started out trying to pick out a few bonus shots of TigerLily kissing a rose, and well I just couldn't find too many to edit out, so we have a full gallery of these.
So enjoy, or not, either way, we'll have a lovely set of Monica tomorrow, by popular demand.

This is an introduction to a new model, Ellena. These were shot in a Prague apt, with natural light, although the makeup artist thought we were using strobes - so you may notice her face seems a bit overdone for the ambient light. I could have just tossed the whole set, but I still like a lot of her poses. And I just hate to waste pictures of a naked woman, don't you?

You can see she's going to break your heart, right? She wants you, or maybe she wants you to think she wants you - can't quite tell which. Either way, she'll be the one who got away. So trust me, you don't want her email address - just look at the pictures and be happy.

Anyone familiar with the big European glamor sites will recognize Nella. She seems to be everyone's favorite lesbian; and I can verify that she loves girls as much as we do, and not just in front of the camera.
I shot her in Prague on a late winter afternoon. This is a simple but sexy set of photos made in the fading light of our downtown apartment window. I ask you, is there anything more basically satisfying than watching a beautiful girl take off her clothes...?

Note: this is an enhanced, revised and renamed version of an earlier gallery. The original version contained less than half the images I'm now uploading. Also, tomorrow we'll be posting even more shots from this marathon session.
For the sake of consistency, here is the original blurb we posted:
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present "The Illustrated Woman" - a gorgeous young creature with award winning luscious ruby red lips, large dreamy eyes and a seemingly random assortment of words, phrases, names, logos, icons, animals and flowers tattooed all over her lovely body.
I confess I'm not a fan of the tattoo, and try to avoid it in my work, but I could not resist the chance to photograph sweet Lola naked. Before you judge her too harshly, just take a look at some of these shots - that enticing body, the big dark eyes, those truly amazing lips - and I think you may forgive her ink habit. Plus, more and even better shots of Lola coming tomorrow....

Here's the second part of the Prague Art Prints collection. Most of these models also have solo galleries on the site - just search by model name. (Note: this is a reload of a previous gallery update which had been unavailable due to a technical glitch)
To view the listings for these prints:
Morey Studio Fine Art Photography Store

So, I got a big box of clothes in the mail a few weeks ago. Totally unexpected. Totally unsolicited.
Inside was an assortment of lingerie, spandex panties, multi-colored stockings, shiny shorts, and other girly things. And nothing in my size.
Turns out it's from the American Apparel company, and they're evidently sending these free wardrobe boxes to a number of "famous" glamour / erotic photographers around the world with the simple instructions "do what you do, using our clothes in your shots, and let's see what you come up with".
So that's what I'm doing, just for fun, and here's the first installment of what I like to call "American Apparel ads we'd like to see, but probably won't"

Would you believe that just hours before these pictures were taken, Amber was reconsidering her decision to pose nude? She was a bit hesitant about doing anything too explicit, but by the time she got in front of the camera... well evidently she found the courage to show up and get very comfortable, and since then she's never looked back. (And I think we all are very thankful...)

Amber is everyone's favorite redhead, and we've got 9 other galleries of her posted in the Private Archive, but somehow I've neglected to show you my very first session with her, until now.
So here she is on the day we met, not exactly shy, but just getting warmed up for many exciting things to come.

As promised, a big finish for this series of curvaceous Connie in a Prague bedroom.
I often give a "warning" whenever I'm posting really explicit shots - I guess some viewers feel a bit uncomfortable with the extreme closeups. But other members beg me for more, so I can't please everyone. My advice: be seated, hold on to something solid, and enjoy the ride.

Another series of full nudes of long tall Kitty.
Some of you have been quite adamant in your pleading for more of this giant goddess, so we hope these will satisfy. But even though we have plenty more of her, we'll give you a short cooling off period before continuing, just in the interest of your health and safety.

It isn't often that I open the door to greet a new model and have to look up to say hello. But Kitty stands over 6 feet tall in her bare feet, so when she arrived at the shoot, wearing high heels, my opening remarks were addressed to approximately her collarbone.
This is her first appearance on MoreyStudio, and I think you'll enjoy getting to know her as much as I did photographing her. She has a certain mysterious ethnic look, mile-long legs, and huge almond shaped eyes. But even all that will not distract you from all the beautiful points of interest from the neck down. More of Kitty coming up soon....

Ok, how to approach this one? The comments almost write themselves: something about planting a seed...,or something about a green thumb, or "a rose by any other name"..., A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Rose Grows in TigerLily..? No, let's not.
This idea was requested by one of our members a while ago, and I thought it might make for some interesting images. And TigerLily was daring enough to help. Make of it what you will.
Just fyi, no vaginas were injured during the making of these pictures. And they're not photoshopped either. If you look closely at some of the images you should be able to see the small glass cylinder holding the stem inside her.

This time the glasses come off, the dress comes off, etc. A nice set of nudes in my traditional painted canvas set.
(Note to the budding amateur photographers in the audience: this set was done in a standard size San Francisco apartment, with one light and a consumer level digital camera. So you don't necessarily need a big studio and million dollar cameras to shoot "studio nudes")

Today another addition to the revised and expanded TigerLily galleries. This group is a bit odd, in that she looks like she could be 18 in some shots, and then maybe 38 in others (she's closer to 18, trust me). In any case, it's a nice mystery to investigate.
Don't let anyone tell you the camera never lies. The camera ALWAYS lies - sometimes it's with you and sometimes it's against you.

We're doing some site upgrades and housekeeping this week - with some nice surprises coming in the near future.
This set of TigerLily, for instance, is a revised and improved gallery from some shoots I did in my previous office. And we expect to be posting four more sets in the next four days, so stay tuned. Oh, and the site photos are now 50% bigger!

Lilian returns for her second appearance here on MoreyStudio (although this set was shot prior to the earlier posted gallery) Again, each time I edit her shots I'm in awe of that gorgeous face - if she relocated to Hollywood, I have no doubt she'd be up on the big screen within weeks.
The big question is, of course, why the tattoos. I'm not a fan of ink on skin, but I try not to judge either. I'd prefer her beautiful belly without the heart-on-fire emblem. And the rest of the markings are, for me, just a distraction - but it's her body.
I'm also asked why I don't just remove the tattoos with Photoshop. First, that's more work than you might think, to get rid of all the ink in all the images. But primarily, I want you to see them because for better or worse they are now part of her body, and part of her self-image. It adds a bit of depth to our viewing of the photos, even as it may change our perception of her. (And in this case especially I was not about to cancel the shoot and send her home; that would have been a crime.)

In our recent gallery updates, we've had a few days of rather sedate studio nudes - beautiful girls, beautiful bodies, but nothing too outlandish / provocative / obscene. Today, we swing the pendulum toward the other end of the spectrum with some very uncensored Monica. I shot her on my last trip to Prague and she is anything but shy. Gorgeous and dangerous at the same time, and in this case definitely Not Safe For Work.

Lucy has appeared on the site before, but never by herself - so this is her maiden voyage, so to speak. I posted a few prints of her on ebay, with Nela and Karin, and they all sold quickly, so I suspect she'll be popular on her own too. More of her coming up shortly.

This is a bit of an experiment - Heather brought a fantastic blindfold to the shoot, so I photographed her as I normally would, except that she was (mostly) blind. I think it works in an eerie off-beat way, but I also think that not being able to see her eyes removes some of the eroticism. Let me know what you think...

Jenni might be a familiar face to some of you veteran web surfers. You've seen her on Met-art, Femjoy, and others. And for good reason - just look at that great smile and perfect... well, everything else.
This is my second gallery with Jenni, with another bonus set coming up in a couple days. I have at least three more sessions with her, so don't worry, she'll be back.

As I mentioned last week, here is an updated set of black & white shots of Yelena. In this case I was able to reprocess the original scans so you'll find the usual 2000px images in the zip file.
These shots represent my earlier old-school, classic studio nudes - model-on-pedestal, canvas background, pensive poses. I still really enjoy looking at this type of image, and still shoot this way from time to time. And Yelena has the perfect body for it - young and fit, innocent face, sexual but not too glamorous.
By the way, many of these images are posted for sale in my ebay store. If you're interested in signed prints of this lovely girl, let me know and I"ll give you the member discount.

Lilian is a new face here at Moreystudio.com, and one of the top beauties I've photographed recently.
Normally I edit these galleries down to a few dozen of the best shots, but in this case I just could not find many to edit out - so you'll have the pleasure of sifting through over 100 shots of this girl to find your favorites.

Here is one of my favorite models, and perhaps one of the most overlooked by site members*. I'm reposting it as an update now, as we bring all our earlier content into the new format.
Yelena was just 19 when this session was done, in my old Emeryville studio during a photo workshop. She was an agency model, but happy to do some nudes for my small group of students. These shots of mine were done as simple demonstrations of lighting and posing, but I think they turned out to be some of my most compelling nude portraits. (A separate series of b&w shots from this day will be going up shortly)
*By the way, it's come to my attention that some Private Archive members may be missing out on about 50% of our content, if they are only viewing galleries with the large cover shots displayed in the center panel of the Archive Home page.
Please be aware that the text links in the left side column represent about twice as many sets as the center thumbnail display. (scroll down all the way to the end to view the earlier sets.)
PS: we're aware of the odd vertical stretch in the main cover display of Yelena - it's a problem in the php coding, which we hope to get fixed shortly.

Nea seems to have caught the attention of a number of Private Archive members, so we're presenting another set of her leather fetish photos now.
Also, I've posted a few of the arty shots on ebay as 8x10 prints, for those of you interested in having a "hard copy".

Kymberly is back, with another set of inspiring studio shots. This LA beauty is all natural - and a favorite for those who prefer the curvy fleshy type. She's always visually intense - but in person she's a real sweetheart.

Amber is back with a new set of totally naked natural light photos from my sunny Oakland studio.
She's one of my most popular models, a doll to work with and every bit as hot as she looks. And for Ginger aficianodos, she is a must-have.

Vickie was just 19 when I shot this session with her in Prague recently. We had a makeup artist on the set, but I sent him out for coffee - the few blemishes she did have seemed only to add to the authenticity and sexiness of the images.
This was shot in the same sunlit room as my previous session with Natali. Hope you like green...

I'm not sure who among you might need to be warned (if anyone) but just be aware this set of Natali has quite a few explicit close-ups.
On the other hand, for those interested in anatomy, this gallery may be a big boost for your next bio class.

Here's a little bonus gallery - a selection of shots from a session I did for Midori's book The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage.
We got infamous glamour girl Dita von Teese to pose all tied up for the cover picture, and I also shot some additional nice arty pics with her alone. (Note: this is a repost of work from an earlier update, with larger photos, plus a zip file of 2000px images)

Here's the completion of my first London session with Lola.
In this edition: some very provocative shots using lotion w/ and w/o underwear, and then of course some extra special beyond provocative photos.

I thought it might be interesting to present this series of Lola photos right after last week's gallery of Diamond - since they were done not only with the same lighting set-up, but in the same room, on the same day. (truly an afternoon to remember...)
So you'll no doubt see some similarities in poses, transitions, etc - especially since the two models are similar body types and about the same age. As you may know from my b&w work with the canvas backdrop, I've always enjoyed the concept of placing a number of models, one by one, in the same studio set, with the same lighting. For some reason I find this very satisfying and intriguing.

This session with Lola was shot during the same trip to London as were the previous two galleries of Maria. We were working in a spacious English country house with nice natural light (at least when the sun wasn't hidden behind the fog).
This series begins with some soft pretty window light, but at about the half-way point you may notice I switched to strobes. Or you may not care, since Lola has a way of lighting up the room with that perfect golden skin.

This session with Maria was shot in London. I think she has just the right amount of imperfections (slight overbite, small odd tattoos) to make her the perfect object of desire. I have much more of her, coming up later this week.

Sylvia is a new model, photographed a few months ago in Prague. She has strong striking features, and can appear quite intimidating, but she is actually lots of fun to shoot. I've included some goofy shots, and some big smiles to balance out that killer body and movie star face.

I think we all have a certain attraction to "girls who wear glasses", especially when they're wearing ONLY glasses. So that's the theme I'm working on with Emurice. Later in the week, we'll post more of her, to complete the story.

This collection is composed of some of my favorite art photos from my many sessions in Prague. The models were photographed in various studios and apartments, and in some cases during a long trip to Normandy. This is part 1 of a two-part collection.
To view the listings for these art prints:
Morey Studio Fine Art Photography Store

Here's Liz Ashley again, in a simple series of poses by my studio window. We were actually just testing the light and camera settings, but once I saw her there I couldn't stop shooting.
There's little I can say about this model that I haven't said before - just about perfect body, face and attitude - the rare model who is as lovely in person as she appears to be in these photos.

This is the second set of photos I shot of the model "Dia", back when she was an unknown Northern Cal girl. She's now a Hollywood personality, the rather infamous and controversial VH1 star known as Monica Danger. You may not recognize her without her trademark cat tattoo (on her face....)

Monica is back. With her pseudo Marilyn Monroe pout. Which we love, right?
Anyway, we shot this in a cozy Prague apartment and I only noticed toward the end of the session that the window, overlooking the courtyard and three other apartment buildings, was wide open. Lots of thumbs up from the neighbors.

I'm heading out tomorrow for another shoot in Prague. As it happens, I expect to be shooting today's new update model, Natali, once again in just a few days. So feel free to send me your best suggestions for some new ideas on how I might shoot this lovely girl.
Of course you'll want to do some research first...

I shot this series of Connie only a couple weeks ago, and just for a change I asked her to begin the session naked and then put her clothes ON while I photographed her - the opposite of my usual scenario.
I think it turned out to be very erotic, but if you like the old way of viewing these, just start at the end and work your way forward.

Here is the lovely Sarah Ellis, as shown on X-Muse.net (They are offering a discount right now for Moreystudio members - just enter the promo code "morey")
This is the first guest gallery we've hosted in quite a while. I hope to be doing this more often, and giving members a bit more to look at each week.

This is an updated version of a gallery from one of my 2006 shoots. It was done in one of the ornate bedrooms of a chateau in the Normandy countryside in Western France. I realize that sounds a bit pretentious, but I doubt I could have gotten these seven beautiful girls to disrobe and climb on a bed together if I'd invited them to a Motel 6 in Oakland.
It was shot at the end of a long day, and all of us were exhausted. The models were happy to be told to just jump on the bed and relax, without trying to look erotic or seductive; and I was happy to take a few candid snaps.

The hat is mine, in case you were wondering.
Gabriella came to her shoot all bundled up (Feb. in Prague) and I thought she looked so cute in her overstuffed parka that I wanted to retain something of that look during the photo session, without actually retaining any clothing..

One of the reasons I've been shooting in the Czech Republic is the difference in cultures regarding models and nudity. For example today's very erotic gallery of the gorgeous Czech fashion model, Monica, would be impossible to shoot with any American mainstream model. Just take a look...

This is a series of photos from my first trip to Prague. We shot some of the models in a sky lit attic apt. in the heart of the city. In Mia's session, I used only available light, working with her in a small white bedroom.
The daylight provided decent exposures at ISO 400, and resulted in a sort of French Vogue grainy look to some of the shots. This is an effect I like, although the images won't be as crisp and smooth as the usual studio shots.

Today, part two of my recent fine art print uploads to the eBay store, this time featuring Mina, Natalie, Una, Yelena, Kona, and Liz Ashley. Note - current members can get a 10% discount on any regularly priced prints (just ask for details via your Feedback link on the Member Home page) To view all the available photographs, visit the
Morey Fine Art Print Store

Here's a new collection of recent additions to my fine art print portfolio - including photos of site favorites such as Amber, Amelia, Eden, Demi, Diamond, Domino, Heather, and Christelle, and many more. Note - current members can get a 10% discount on any regularly priced prints (just ask for details via your Feedback link on the Member Home page) To view all the available photographs, visit the
Morey Fine Art Print Store

This series of 18 yr-old Czech model Diamond demonstrates how a very simple lighting set-up can result in some quite elegant results.
For all of the shots in this gallery, I had two large soft boxes placed directly left of camera, side by side, aimed at about 45 degrees to the model. That's it.
The bank of light created by the two 3x4 boxes was plenty for a single model - beautifully wrapping around her skin and even lighting the black dress. The large apartment's white walls served as reflectors moderating the shadows, so there was no need for fill lights.
This kind of lighting can be created in almost any decent sized room. You will have to move some furniture of course - and it helps a lot to have a cute girl willing and eager to take off her clothes.

I shot the popular web model, Jenni, in a Prague apt. with my Nikon D2x. At the time, it seemed there was plenty of natural light to capture the lovely soft look of this beautiful girl. But you'll see that some of the longer shots, at ISO 800, picked up a significant amount of grain / noise.
I learned an important lesson from this shoot, and no longer use anything higher than ISO 400 with that camera. Having grown up with film, I actually like the look of grain in some photos, but I like to be able to see a good representation of the final result in my digital viewfinder, and at higher film speeds the discrepancy between viewfinder and full size image on the monitor is quite striking.

Cox is a young Czech fashion model I shot recently in Prague. She was new to the nude photo world, and a bit reserved, but some of these shots I consider to be among the most alluring I've done recently.
Perhaps since she was reluctant to do the extremely explicit poses, I was forced to find other visual means of making the shots erotic. Interesting concept...